Theater Chapter 3 Quiz

active participation

Watching live theatre tends to take more concentration than watching film or TV

Observation

recognition of what actually happened on stage

Interpretation

Your intuitive response, your subjective experience of what the physical action communicated

believability

What enables the audience to accept the authenticity

actor choices

An actors approach to movement

ensemble

Working together as a team in a theater

Representational

stage is crafted realistically to look and function just as the scenic location would in the real world

presentational

it may be stylized, abstracted, or suggestive scenery

Set properties

Usually large additions to the setting such as furniture

style

suggest manner of expression and methods of onstage behavior as they affect composition and performance

artistic intent

Do you believe that the show was meant to entertain you, shock you, comfort you?

Taste

The personal inclination and preferences of the beholder of an aesthetic experience

Theatre critics

Provides a fair yet interesting critique of a very complex event, usually under a deadline.